The
Nixon Administration, the SIOP, and the
Search for Limited Nuclear Options, 1969-1974

Photo
1: President Nixon, national security assistant Kissinger, Secretary
of Defense Laird, and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Earle Wheeler having
lunch at the Pentagon before going to the National Military Command Center
for a SIOP briefing, 27 January 1969 (Photo, courtesy Office of Secretary
of Defense Historical Office)